A look at four notable events from the first partial week of the Biden administration

• Analyzing the mob that stormed the Capitol
• A return to White House action and transparency
• Watching the GOP splinter in two
• The only way forward for Democrats
• Remember Aretha's first trip to Muscle Shoals

Sources:

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-23-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/biden-inauguration-democrats.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-republican-split/2021/01/23/d7dc253e-5cbc-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recode-daily/id1479107698?i=1000506169867

https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/24/

As we approach the end of the first partial week with President Joe Biden many of the fears of not rising to the massive challenge have been silenced.   Biden came out of the gate ready to take the Executive scalpel to many Executive Actions and Regulation monstrosities of the prior administration and showing the door to some of the most controversial and dangerous appointees made by his predecessor.

To say his plate is full is quite the understatement but Biden appears ready to attack on all fronts whether it's Covid, the Senate or the alternate reality detractors.

In Music History News, today is the anniversary of the iconic Rolling Stone cover taken in 1981 which was to become our last memory of the leader of the group known as The Beatles.

Sources:

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-21-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/biden-republicans-stimulus.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/20/biden-fires-nlrb-peter-robb/

https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/22/

Americans were given a well deserved reminder during yesterday's   inauguration ceremony by our youngest Poet Laureate Amanda Gormon. "..there's alway light, if only we're brave enough to see it".  Every line in the poem was a reminder that when you replace hope with fear, you're agreeing to accept the shade of undemocratic leaders.

Speaking of undemocratic leaders, the day after the 45th President was removed from Social Media, disinformation dropped 73%.  This and other news is in today's podcast.

Sources:

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-20-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy

https://news.yahoo.com/online-misinformation-us-election-fell-102307689.html

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/tech/parler-back-online/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/technology/proud-boys-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/21/

Inauguration Day! A time for celebration but reality has to cut the party short.  Soon we will find out if Biden and the Democrats are going go boldly or try a 3rd Obama terms of appeasement to Republican, corporations and banks.  In Music History we remember Jimmy Buffet's contribution made on this date in 1977.

Sources:

David Sirota

Music History Calendar

A little history explaining how the Jan 6th attack on our democracy is as old as the country itself.

Another musical history look at previous inauguration performers.

Sources:

Letters from an American

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-16-2021

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-18-2021

Music History Calendar

The only change in America's racism problem since Reagan signed MLK Day into law is now it has been mainlined by the outgoing President, but thanks to BLM people have started to listen.

Joe Biden's Covid-19 plan is outlined detailing all the critical things lacking in the plan it is replacing.

Sources:

Has American finally heard Marting Luther King Jr. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-posts-view/?itid=sf_opinions_subnav

Biden’s Covid-19 Plan Is Maddeningly Obvious https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/opinion/biden-covid-19-plan.html

Music History Calendar https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/18/

The Sun 2016 Inauguration performers https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2587438/donald-trump-inauguration-music-performers/

Everything about T****'s final days point to ending miserably in a bunker.  The end of his term is a cascading disaster, I point out some of the best ones.

Kara Swisher's latest NYT opinion pieces takes Big Tech to the woodshed and in music history we look at Paul McCartney's 1980 high flying adventure to Tokyo.

Don't forget this podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts.

Sources:

Letters from an American

Kara Swisher @ NYT

Music History Calendar

Note: This podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts

Thursday night Biden spoke for 25 minutes laying out his plan to get serious about Covid-19 testing and vaccinations and that his economic focus will not be the rich.

Tommy Tuberville again shows off that a Senator doesn't need to know anything about government or the Constitution.

Sources:
Letters From An American

Music History Calendar

Still waiting to hear from Apple Podcasts but the podcast is now on Amazon.

For someone who has banked everything on his name as brand, T**** has involuntarily changed his last name to mud.  He's now as toxic as famed self Zoom fondler Jeffrey Toobin.

Evidence of a coordinated planned attack on the Capitol is coming in at an accelerated rate making the likelihood of a Senate impeachment conviction be much less far fetched than just 2 days ago.

In tech, millions are switching to end to end encryption apps and on this date in 1967 we celebrate the prelude to the "Summer of Love".

Sources today:

Letters from an American

New York Times

Music History Calendar

Welcome to the first issue of BlueRootsRadio Podcast, a quick look (500 words or less) of some items of interest for lovers of music, news, tech and culture.

Sources for today:
Letters From An American: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-12-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy

The Daily Poster: https://www.dailyposter.com/p/republicans-loved-metal-detectors?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy

Music History Calendar: https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/13/